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Irish backstop
Proposed rule about Brexit and the Irish border, to come into effect only if alternative arrangements have not succeeded
The Irish backstop is a defunct appendix to a draft Brexit withdrawal agreement developed by the May government and the European Commission in December 2017 and finalised in November 2018, that aimed to prevent an evident border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit.
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